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Through The Ashes Of Empires [CD]

Machine Head | Format: Audio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
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How do you create a masterpiece of modern metal? Is it a conscious effort on the part of the artists or is it something more organic – a confluence of events and moods, emotions and mechanics that all come together in the right place at the right time? That’s the question that comes to mind upon the first listen to Machine Head’s sixth studio album The Blackening. Guitars rip, drums pound, bass… Read more in Amazon's Machine Head Store

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  • Audio CD (20 Oct 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ROADRUNNER UK
  • ASIN: B0000D96NW
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,001 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Imperium
2. Bite The Bullet
3. Left Unfinished
4. Elegy
5. In The Presence Of My Enemies
6. Days Turn Blue To Gray
7. Vim
8. All Falls Down
9. Wipe The Tears
10. Descend The Shades Of Night

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With Through the Ashes of Empires, Machine Head appear to be taking stock, looking backwards and forwards. Before this, using scratching, samplers and bewildering distortion, Machine Head strove to rise above the ferociously rocking pack inspired by their 1994 debut, Burn My Eyes. Yet in much of the first half of this album they return to the churning, multi-faceted metal of their early years, as if attempting to rediscover their former flaming spirit. It's not that it's not aggressive--"Bite the Bullet" and "Left Unfinished" are really quite fearsome--just that it's lacking the furious innovation we've come to expect.

Thankfully, this situation changes. "Days Turn Blue to Gray" features what ought to be a crushing riff that's instead hushed and made to back a pastoral interlude. "All Falls Down" veers from crunching metal to melancholy folk, singer Rob Flynn weirdly employing all the seductive softness of INXS's "Need You Tonight" while threatening strangulation and worse. The tough talkover of "Wipe the Tears" and the sub-classical guitar-fest of "Descend the Shades of Night" bring the album to a glorious conclusion. Machine Head still burn brightly, and Flynn, in discussing the birth-parents who discarded him, takes his rage to new levels. You'd think he'd be over it by now. Be glad he isn't. --Dominic Wills

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Heavy as hell 4 Sep 2004
Format:Audio CD
The two words i would use to describe this album are heavy and melodic. Every song is heavy and melodic and usually well paced. Some songs have fast as hell parts on them. If you liked the older machine head because of intensity and you like the new machine head because of melodic-eness then you should buy this because its great. 10/10!
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Machine Head have done it again. Through the ashes of empires has got to be their best work since Burn my eyes if not better. This band are pioneers of the way metal should be and are constantly pushing the bench mark in the music industry. They give you a blend of all out heavy riffing and crazy double bass like Vim or Imperium to melodic master pieces like Descend the shades of night. I feel that people can easily relate to this album and this band as there songs are so meaningfull and honest, i personally deeply relate to Wipe the tears because of what i have been through and im sure other people respond the same to this or any of the other songs on the album. This album is the best investment i have every made and once you buy this i garranty you'll feel the same.
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Simply stunning, a metalheads dream come true.

Imperium, one of the finest songs to ever grace a metal lovers CD player. My friend let me listen to this one song, and it simply blew me away and I went out to buy the album the next day. The build up in this song is simply incredible and then the roar from Rob Flynn signalling the return of brutal Machine Head. I would give the album 5 stars even if Imperium was the only good track on it and the rest of it sucked. However the rest of teh album is far from crap. It is simply stunning. From the incredible choruses, brutal guitar riffs and astounding drumming this album is metal perfection. The final track on this album, the semi acoutic, Descend the Shades of Night is remarkable. From slow acoustic chords being played a unbelievable outpouring of emotion near the end of the song from Rob Flynn takes place.

Trust me, you like metal, buy this, you will not be disappointed. Machine Head seem to be the only band in 2003 that returned to their 'old' roots and succeeded with flying colours. Metallica and St. Anger by far the most disappointing album I ahve ever heard, don't get me wrong I like it, but even after 8 months I can't compare it to any of their old albums, even Load. Korn, yes Take A Look In the Mirror was a triumphant return and was simply the heaviest beats to come out of them in a while, it lacked....... the directiona and emotion of their first attempt. Both these classic bands should take a page out of Machine Head's book for their next records.

Machine Head, they rule, yes they do, they are truly the Kings of Metal.

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Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires
Machine Head's fifth studio album Through The Ashes Of Empires was released in 2003 to a mixture of praise from some fans and suspicion from others. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gentlegiantprog
Track Listing
The track listing for this item is incorrect, there's a song missing.
Here's the correct track listing:

01. Imperium
02. Bite The Bullet
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Published on 3 Mar 2010 by Mr. J. Bentham
Masterpiece!
Through the Ashes of Empires is an awesome album, the previous album was a bit of a disappointment but this is Machine Head back to their best.
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by Ms. S. Mahony
Masterpiece
Much better than Burn My Eyes. A truly stunning CD with powerful vocals and a simplistic approach to metal. Read more
Published on 30 May 2007 by Bod
intensely dark, stunningly powerful
i'm not always a heavy metal fan and seem to be one of the few people who loved 'the burning red', but whatever type of metal you usually listen to, buy this album. Read more
Published on 17 April 2007 by me
5stars +..............
......5stars + if u get the version with 'seasons wither' on it. basically in my opinion this is the best metal album to come out in a long time. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2007 by Mr. C. A. Marsh
stunning release
machine head epitomise metal,i would be lying if i said they always have as the albums 'the burning red' and 'supercharger' didnt rock and rip like the classic... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2006 by sean paul mccann
Nearly 5 stars, 4.5 maybe
This is a very good metal album, especially when comparing it to alot of other metal bands around, but Machine Head have still not managed to find the same heaviness, ferocity or... Read more
Published on 14 July 2005
back with a bang
em, not heard much of these guys since burn and the way things change. Caught the lead track on the website and it hit straight away so bought the album. Read more
Published on 1 May 2005 by Mr. Pj Armstrong
Machine Head
The following review was written by me for The Metal Garage http://www.themetalgarage.tk

After the hugely acclaimed Burn My Eyes, Machine Head went on a downhill course, with... Read more

Published on 4 Sep 2004 by "darren_morrison"
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